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1Assembly of the Nobility — (Russian: дворянское собрание, благородное собрание) was an self governing body of the sosloviye (estate) of the Russian nobility in Imperial Russia during 1766 1917. Their official status was defined by the Charter to the Gentry in 1785. The… …
2Article One of the United States Constitution — United States of America This article is part of the series: United States Constitution Original text of the Constitution Preamble Articles of the Constitution I  …
3The Master of Liesborn — The Master of Liesborn † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Master of Liesborn A Westphalian painter, who in 1465 executed an altar piece of note in the Benedictine monastery of Liesborn, founded by Charlemagne. His name is not mentioned by… …
4Nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary — The front page of the Tripartitum, the law book summarizing the privileges of the nobility in the kingdom The origin of the nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary can be traced to the Magyar conquest of Pannonia in the 9th century, and it developed… …
5The Reformation — The Reformation † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Reformation The usual term for the religious movement which made its appearance in Western Europe in the sixteenth century, and which, while ostensibly aiming at an internal renewal of the …
6The Counter-Reformation — The Counter Reformation † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Counter Reformation The subject will be considered under the following heads: I. Significance of the term II. Low ebb of Catholic fortunes III. St. Ignatius and the Jesuits,… …
7The Rough Wooing — was a term coined by Sir Walter Scott and H. E. Marshall to describe the Anglo Scottish war pursued intermittently from 1544 to 1551. It followed from the failure of the Scots to honour the terms of the 1543 Treaty of Greenwich, by which the… …
8The Thirty Years War — The Thirty Years War † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Thirty Years War The Thirty Years War (1618 48), though pre eminently a German war, was also of great importance for the history of the whole of Europe, not only because nearly all… …
9The Byzantine Empire — The Byzantine Empire † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Byzantine Empire The ancient Roman Empire having been divided into two parts, an Eastern and a Western, the Eastern remained subject to successors of Constantine, whose capital was at …
10The Legend of the Legendary Heroes — Cover of The Legend of the Legendary Heroes first volume as published by Fujimi Shobo 伝説の勇者の伝説 …
